🌟 Facets

Once upon a time a conspiracy developed to overthrow the gods, and the Facets were the ultimate result. Specially bred and raised, the Facets were attuned to sacred gemstones and told that they were meant to steal some of the gods' power and compensate for their flaws and weaknesses. At the end of their rigorous training they partook in a ritual to see this dream through, which went horrifically wrong for the Facets themselves but more or less as planned for their overseers, turning them into gem constructs overloaded with divine power.

To make a long story short, the gods' attention was drawn and they took pity on the Facets. After handling their overseers, the gods decided there was worth in the concept of aides directly made to contrast and criticize them and decided to make their link official. The exact nature of their connection is too complex to get into here, but the Facets wound up with the ability to access divine power with the caveat of being inexorably bound to the soul of their associated god.

As one might expect, the relationship between the Facets and gods has been historically tense. Initially attempting to work against them, the Facets begrudgingly came to know and trust the gods and vice versa. By modern day the gods trust them as much as they do the archangels, but given that each Facet was deliberately made to contrast their respective god... well, the relationships aren't quite so smooth.